PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Arnold F. Jacobson
AU  - Jagat Narula
TI  - Introduction to Cardiac Neuronal Imaging: A Clinical Perspective
AID  - 10.2967/jnumed.114.150458
DP  - 2015 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine
PG  - 3S--6S
VI  - 56
IP  - Supplement 4
4099  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/Supplement_4/3S.short
4100  - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/56/Supplement_4/3S.full
SO  - J Nucl Med2015 Jun 01; 56
AB  - Procedures for noninvasive and minimally invasive imaging of cardiac neurons and neuronal function using radiolabeled compounds were developed in the second half of the 20th century. The foundation for these procedures was several centuries of research that identified the structural components of the autonomic nervous system and explored the means by which neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine and norepinephrine contributed to neuronal control of target organ effector cells. This article provides a brief clinical overview of modern approaches to the assessment of cardiac neurons as an introduction to the in-depth articles on the current status of cardiac neuronal imaging presented in this supplement.